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Speed Queen makes top-load and front-load washers, dryers and stacked laundry units for homes, plus coin-operated and commercial laundry machines sold through its commercial arm; it does not make kitchen appliances.

About Speed Queen

Speed Queen is the home laundry brand of Alliance Laundry Systems, a Wisconsin company that also makes coin-laundry and on-premises commercial equipment. It sells washers and dryers for homes, built in Ripon, Wisconsin, and a separate commercial line for laundromats and multi-unit housing.

Owned by
Alliance Laundry Systems
Headquarters
Ripon, Wisconsin, United States
Founded
1908
Product lines
Speed Queen residential (speedqueen.com), Speed Queen Commercial (speedqueencommercial.com)

Sister brands: Huebsch, UniMac, Primus, IPSO.

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Speed Queen history

  • 1908: Hardware store owners Joe Barlow and John Seelig started Barlow & Seelig Manufacturing in Ripon, Wisconsin, improving hand-powered washing machines.
  • 1928: The company began selling its washers under the Speed Queen name; the business was later renamed Speed Queen Company.
  • 1979: McGraw-Edison, which had bought Speed Queen, sold its appliance division to Raytheon.
  • 1998: Bain Capital bought Raytheon's commercial laundry business, which became Alliance Laundry Systems.
  • 2015: BDT Capital Partners took a majority stake in Alliance Laundry Systems.
  • Today: Alliance Laundry Systems trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker ALH.

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